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Jingwen Wu

Education
  • B.S. Astrophysics, Peking University (1994-1998)
  • M.S. Astrophysics, Peking University (1998-2001)
  • Ph.D. Astrophysics, University of Texas at Austin (2001-2006)

Research Interests
  • Massive star formation in the Milky Way
  • Star formation in starburst galaxies, and its connection to Galactic star formation

Projects

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Professional Experience
  • NASA Postdoctoral fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2010 – present)
  • SMA Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian CFA (2006 – 2009)

Selected Awards
  • JPL Outstanding Postdoc Poster Award (2011)

Selected Publications
  1. Wu, J., Evans, N., Shirley, Y., Knez, K. Properties of massive, dense, clumps: Mapping surveys of HCN and CS. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 188, 313 (2010).
  2. Wu, J., Vanden Bout, P., Evan, N., Dunham, M. Continuum Observations at 350 Microns of High-Redshift Molecular Line Galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 707, 988 (2009).
  3. Wu, J., Dunham, M. M.; Evans, N. J. II; Bourke, T. L.; Young, C. H. SHARC-II Mapping of Spitzer c2d Small Clouds and Cores. 2007, Astronomical Journal, 133, 1560, (2007).
  4. Wu, J., Evans, N, Gao, Y., Solomon, P., Shirley, Y., Vanden Bout, P. Connecting Dense Gas Tracers of Star Formation in our Galaxy to High-Z Star Formation. Astrophysical Journal Letters
  5. , 635, 173 (2005).
  6. Wu, J. & Evans, N. J. II. Indications of Inflow Motions in Regions Forming Massive Stars. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 592, 79 (2003).
  7. Wu, J., Wang, M., Yang, J., Deng, L., Chen, J. Herbig-Haro Objects in the Off-Core Regions of the rho Ophiuchi Dark Cloud. Astronomical Journal, 123, 1986 (2002).

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